Gena Smith is Chief Human Resources Officer for LVMH in North America. A highly experienced human resources executive, Ms. Smith ensures that LVMH is best in class at selecting, developing, and retaining senior executive and creative talent. During her tenure, she has helped to further develop talent at all levels of the organization, including through attracting accomplished senior-level executives, instituting learning and development programs to prepare executives to meet business needs, and promoting mobility for high performing executives across the LVMH brands. She led the first ever diversity and inclusion initiative for LVMH, launching it across North America in 2012.
 
Prior to joining the company in 2011, Ms. Smith was Global Managing Director at Karen Harvey Consulting, where she led the luxury and retail executive recruitment practice worldwide. She previously spent ten years as an executive search consultant at Russell Reynolds Associates and Ray & Berndtson, working with many leading retail, luxury, and consumer brands. Her earlier experience included several years in international education.
 
Ms. Smith is an advisory board member for Tiffany & Co. and member of the board of directors for Gabriela Hearst. She is also on the board of trustees of Runway of Dreams and board of governors for Parsons School of Design.
 
She holds a bachelor’s degree in international business. She also studied French, Greek, and Mandarin.